{"id":19743,"date":"2015-11-12T18:07:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T18:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=19743"},"modified":"2015-11-12T18:07:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T18:07:44","slug":"travel-our-trip-to-san-francisco-part-ii-mr-xs-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/travel-our-trip-to-san-francisco-part-ii-mr-xs-take\/","title":{"rendered":"TRAVEL: OUR TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO PART II\u2014MR. X’S TAKE"},"content":{"rendered":"

OUR\u00a0TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO PART II\u2014MR. X’S TAKE<\/h1>\n
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The lobby of the Hotel Carlton. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

In case you missed yesterday’s column, Mr. X and I spent a long (and I do<\/em> mean loooong) week-end in San Francisco this past July. He was doing a commercial, and I got to go along for the ride. (If you missed my<\/em> part of the review, you can read it here: itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/travel-my-trip-to-san-francisco-part-i-my-review<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

So, now, for the first time ever, and with great pride, I bring you the review of a guest columnist\u2014Mr X! [Note: My only addition is in brackets, like this one is.] Here’s his take on the hotel the production company chose for us, (which is really an email he wrote to a pal, that I purloined to share with you all!):<\/p>\n

OUR SAN FRANCISCO TRIP\u2014BY MR. X!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Did a commercial in San Francisco last week-end.\u00a0 Stayed at the Hotel Carlton that was made famous (to me) as the hotel that Paladin lives in in the fictional Have Gun Will Travel<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Snazz, the lobby entertainer. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The good:<\/p>\n

Every person at the hotel was kind, sweet, and attentive.\u00a0 A one-man band called Snazz performs in the lobby from 5PM to 6PM while free wine is served.\u00a0 A good pizza joint\/bar is right next door, a highly renowned restaurant is on the premises, and the warm rooms are painted in soft pastels. \u00a0[And he does mean \u201cwarm,\u201d in every sense.]<\/p>\n

The bad:<\/p>\n

Heading to San Francisco?\u00a0 Check out the Carlton Hotel.\u00a0 Not to be confused with the stuffy Ritz of the same name, the Carlton is located just of few short blocks from the action-packed Tenderloin District where the street meets anyone with a yen for dramatic confrontation.<\/p>\n

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The view out our window. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

Not to worry about summer travel because, forget air-conditioning, our fourth floor rooms are equipped with ceiling fans and windows that look out onto the expansive roof of the Halstead Gray Funeral Home.<\/p>\n

Need ice?\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s just a lazy ride down to the lobby in our cozy 4’x4′ elevators.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t sleep from the heat?\u00a0 No problem.\u00a0 Just open your carjack-friendly window.\u00a0 Still too hot? Again, no problem.\u00a0 Simply\u00a0open your room door in the middle of the night to create a nice cross-ventilating breeze that\u2019ll cool you off until you\u2019re tired of jumping at every noise, thinking someone\u2019s walking down the corridor.\u00a0 And with that window open,\u00a0lucky you\u00a0will notice there\u2019s plenty of Frisco action till about 4 AM in the form of sporadic gun shots, police sirens, car alarms, and the occasional unexplained very loud explosion.\u00a0 All of which is flavored by the soothing sounds of drunks fighting.\u00a0 Just a short stroll from home base, and you can take in our unique local color as you encounter flamboyant hookers and multiple homeless people walking in circles.<\/p>\n

So come on up to the Carlton where the risk of air-conditioning-caused Legionnaires\u2019 Disease is zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OUR\u00a0TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO PART II\u2014MR. X’S TAKE In case you missed yesterday’s column, Mr. X and I spent a long (and I do mean loooong) week-end in San Francisco this past July. He was doing a commercial, and I got to go along for the ride. (If you missed my part of the review,<\/p>\n

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